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Verdade, L.M., Moral, R.A. (2026) Wildlife Monitoring: Integrating Conservation and Innovation in Human-Altered Landscapes, Springer.
Moral, R.A., Godoy, W.A.C. (2024) Modelling Insect Populations in Agricultural Landscapes, Springer, 238 p.
Cordeiro, G.M., Demétrio, C.G.B., Moral, R.A. (2024) Modelos Lineares Generalizados e Aplicações, 1st ed., Blucher, Fisher Project, 256 p.
Book Chapters
Verdade, L.M., Moral, R.A. (2026) Why should we monitor wildlife and its habitat in agricultural landscapes? In Wildlife Monitoring: Integrating Conservation and Innovation in Human-Altered Landscapes (Eds. Verdade, L.M. and Moral, R.A.), Springer.
Assis, C.K., Moral, R.A., Piña, C.I., Verdade, L.M. (2026) Estimating the number of groups and population density of social species based on vestiges in human-altered environments: The case study of collared-peccaries (Pecari tajacu). In Wildlife Monitoring: Integrating Conservation and Innovation in Human-Altered Landscapes (Eds. Verdade, L.M. and Moral, R.A.), Springer.
Campos, B.M., Charters, J.D., Piña, C.I., Moral, R.A., Verdade, L.M. (2026) Estimating population density of Neotropical terrestrial mammals in human-altered environments based on camera-trapping. In Wildlife Monitoring: Integrating Conservation and Innovation in Human-Altered Landscapes (Eds. Verdade, L.M. and Moral, R.A.), Springer.
Campos, C.B., Gheler-Costa, C., Esteves, C.F., Rech-Fernandes, T.C., Rosalino, L.M., Moral, R.A., Piña, C.I., Verdade, L.M. (2026) Sampling scats in trails: Trophic approach in wildlife surveys. In Wildlife Monitoring: Integrating Conservation and Innovation in Human-Altered Landscapes (Eds. Verdade, L.M. and Moral, R.A.), Springer.
Vásquez-Uribe, L.C., Toledo, R.M., Moral, R.A., Pivello, V.R., Verdade, L.M. (2026) Relationship between above-ground biomass of native vegetation and the abundance of small mammals in agro-silviculutral landscapes. In Wildlife Monitoring: Integrating Conservation and Innovation in Human-Altered Landscapes (Eds. Verdade, L.M. and Moral, R.A.), Springer.
Mimnagh, N., Ferreira, I.E.P., Verdade, L.M., Moral, R.A. (2026) Counting animals we can’t see: The triple Poisson model for vestiges. In Wildlife Monitoring: Integrating Conservation and Innovation in Human-Altered Landscapes (Eds. Verdade, L.M. and Moral, R.A.), Springer.
Bassani, V.F., Forace, G.C., Rodrigues, D.F.L., Lourenço, M.F.R., Timo, T.P.C., Sanches, A., Mimnagh, N., Moral, R.A., Ferreira, I.E.P. (2026) The Influence of Fragmented Landscapes on Population Density Studies Using Camera Trapping. In Wildlife Monitoring: Integrating Conservation and Innovation in Human-Altered Landscapes (Eds. Verdade, L.M. and Moral, R.A.), Springer.
McInerney, R., Reis, S.F., Moral, R.A. (2026) Statistical model adequacy, goodness-of-fit, and model selection. In Wildlife Monitoring: Integrating Conservation and Innovation in Human-Altered Landscapes (Eds. Verdade, L.M. and Moral, R.A.), Springer.
Moral, R.A., Santin, M., Verdade, L.M. (2026) Mean-variance modelling of Neotropical passerine bird songs. In Wildlife Monitoring: Integrating Conservation and Innovation in Human-Altered Landscapes (Eds. Verdade, L.M. and Moral, R.A.), Springer.
Robim, M.J., Villani, J.P., Menezes, D.S., Barros, F.C., Souza, H.A., Toledo, M.C.B., Piña, C.I., Moral, R.A., Verdade, L.M. (2026) The influence of rafting on the use of riparian Atlantic Forest by middle to large terrestrial mammals. In Wildlife Monitoring: Integrating Conservation and Innovation in Human-Altered Landscapes (Eds. Verdade, L.M. and Moral, R.A.), Springer.
Azevedo, F.C.C., Moral, R.A., Verdade, L.M. (2026) Wild boar introduction might result in the selection of larger pumas in Central-South Brazil. In Wildlife Monitoring: Integrating Conservation and Innovation in Human-Altered Landscapes (Eds. Verdade, L.M. and Moral, R.A.), Springer.
Verdade, L.M., Moral, R.A. (2026) Rewilding agricultural landscapes: Conceptual, technological, and societal constraints. In Wildlife Monitoring: Integrating Conservation and Innovation in Human-Altered Landscapes (Eds. Verdade, L.M. and Moral, R.A.), Springer.
Verdade, L.M., Toledo, R.M., Pivello, V., Jacobus, A.P., Moral, R.A. (2026) Long-term spatial-crossing scale wildlife monitoring: A protocol for agricultural and silvicultural landscapes of Central-south Brazil. In Wildlife Monitoring: Integrating Conservation and Innovation in Human-Altered Landscapes (Eds. Verdade, L.M. and Moral, R.A.), Springer.
Godoy, W.A.C., Moral, R.A. (2024) Introduction. In Modelling Insect Populations in Agricultural Landscapes (Eds. Moral, R.A. and Godoy, W.A.C.), Springer, p. 1–10.
Godoy, W.A.C., Moral, R.A. (2024) Introducing different modelling scenarios to entomologists. In Modelling Insect Populations in Agricultural Landscapes (Eds. Moral, R.A. and Godoy, W.A.C.), Springer, p. 11–28.
Jayakumari, D., Hinde, J., Einbeck, J., Moral, R.A. (2024) Tools for assessing goodness-of-fit in GLMs: Case studies in Entomology. In Modelling Insect Populations in Agricultural Landscapes (Eds. Moral, R.A. and Godoy, W.A.C.), Springer, p. 211–236.
Reis, S.F., Costa, C.L.N., Von Zuben, F.J., Moral, R.A., Clemente-Carvalho, R.B.G., Santos, W.L., Vieira, C. (2024) Scale, Concept and Effects of. In Encyclopedia of Biodiversity 3rd Edition (Ed. Scheiner, S.M.), vol. 5, p. 340–360.
Demétrio, C.G.B., Hinde, J., Moral, R.A. (2014) Models for overdispersed data in entomology. In Ecological Modelling Applied to Entomology (Eds. Ferreira, C.P. and Godoy, W.A.C.), Springer, p. 219–259.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Hung, R.L. Ng, W.W., Chung, P.K., Li, A.B.S., Luk, T.H.Y., Fong, R., Lee, A., Mok, R., Yung, H., Tse, V., Cheng, R., Schneider, A., Telford, R.L., Dubois, F., Bourayou, E., Milieu Interieur, Moral, R.A., Doisne, J.M., Hasan, M., Leung, G.M., Ni, M.Y., Tse, M., Peiris, M., Di Santo, J., Bruzzone, R., Rouilly, V., Duffy, D. (in press) The Healthy Human Global Project-Hong Kong: a community-based cross-sectional study of a healthy Asian population. Cell Reports Medicine.
Maciel, A.M.F., Palma, G.R., Anjos, L., Canuto, L.S., Godoy, W.A.C., Moral, R.A. (2026) Predation dynamics in susceptible and resistant Eriopis connexa populations. Ecological Complexity, 65, 101159.
Bueno, I., Palma, G.R., Lara, I.A.R., Moral, R.A., Delalibera Jr., I., Godoy, W.A.C. (2026) Understanding the complex behavior of ants using multi-state models. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 174(4), 361–370.
Byrne, L., Vishwakarma, R., Moral, R.A., Brophy, C. (2026) DImodelsMulti: an R package for fitting Diversity-Interactions models to repeated measures or multivariate data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 17, 750–757.
Hackett, C., Moral, R.A., Markham, C. (2026) A Method to Identify Wildfire Ignition Points and Propagation Durations from Burn Scars Using Genetic Algorithms. Fire Technology, 62:21.
Carlson, J.M., Murphy, T.B., O’Grady, L., Brock, J., Guelbenzu-Gonzalo, M., Graham, D.A., McGrath, G., Tratalos, J.A., Moral, R.A., Mimnagh, N., Field, N.L., Mee, J.F., Barrett, D.J., Lane, E.A., McAloon, C.G. (2026) Using herd frailty estimates from survival models in a mortality-based syndromic surveillance system. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 248, 106785.
Fealy, R., Ishola, K., McCarthy, T., Nair, A., Moral, R.A. (2026) Deriving gridded soil moisture estimates using Earth observation data and a process informed statistical machine learning approach. Meteorological Applications, 33:e70142.
Mainguy, J., McInerney, R., Millar, R., Valiquette, E., Bélanger, M., Moral, R.A. (2026) Generalized additive modeling of ecological data with mgcv: New adequacy assessment tools. Ecology and Evolution, 16:e72825.
Monaghan, C., Moral, R.A., Kelly, M., McHugh-Power, J. (2026) Procrastination as a Marker of Cognitive Decline: Evidence from Longitudinal Transitions in the Older Adult Population. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, 18:e70245.
Gomes, M.P., Lira, E.W., Lara, I.A.R., Moral, R.A., Rebollo, R., Baril, R., Cônsoli, F.L. (2025) Genomic structure and life history variation of isofemale lineages of Myzus persicae with different levels of parasitization by Diaeretiella rapae. Scientific Reports, 15:35515.
McGrane-Corrigan, B., Moral, R.A., Mason. O (2025) Observations on robust diffusive stability and common Lyapunov functions. Systems & Control Letters, 205:106263.
Cislaru, A., Saldova, R., Heggenstaller, A., Nigrovic, P.A., Harlin, E., Greville, G., Moral, R.A., Bojar, D., Awan, A., O’Flaherty, R. (2025) Serum N-Glycosylation is Altered in Nephropathic Cystinosis. Glycobiology, 35, cwaf047.
McGrane-Corrigan, B., Moral, R.A., Mason. O. (2025) Effects of costly and density-dependent dispersal on metapopulation dynamics: a mathematical and numerical analysis. Theoretical Ecology, 18:29.
Mainguy, J., Paradis, Y., Moral, R.A. (2025) Limited demographic effects one decade after implementation of a harvest-slot length limit for walleye (Sander vitreus) in the St. Lawrence River, Québec, Canada. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 32, 388–400.
Lara, I.A.R., Palma, G.R., Bon, V.J., Reigada, C., Moral, R.A. (2025) Multi-state models for double transitions associated with parasitism in biological control. Environmental and Ecological Statistics, 32, 735–752.
Oltra-Cucarella, J., Pérez-Elvira, R., Bonete-López, B., Iñesta, C., Sitges-Maciá, E., Moral, R.A. (2025) Regression-based normative data in neuropsychology: using raw scores as observed response variable outperforms transforming for normality. Psychological Assessment, 37(9), 442–453.
Santos, J.R., Takahashi, T.A., Palma, G.R., Moral, R.A., Parra, J.R.P. (2025) Parasitism by Aleiodes ceres Shimbori, 2023 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of three species of Spodoptera Guenée, 1852: Effects of preferential instar and host diet. BioControl, 70(1), 45–55.
Prado, E.B., Parnell, A.C., Moral, R.A., McJames, N., O’Shea, A., Murphy, K. (2025) Accounting for shared covariates in semi-parametric Bayesian Additive Regression Trees. Annals of Applied Statistics, 19(1), 302–328.
Paula, L.V.T., Lara, I.A.R., Taconeli, C.A., Reigada, C., Moral, R.A. (2025) Gradient test to assess homogeneity of probabilities in discrete-time transition models with application in agricultural science data. Journal of Applied Statistics, 52(11), 2172–2190.
Hackett, C., Moral, R.A., Mishra, G., McCarthy, T., Markham, C. (2025) An efficient method to simulate wildfire propagation using irregular grids. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 25, 2909–2928.
Mainguy, J., Ouellet, P., Bujold, J., Giacomazzo, M., Dallaire, X., Moral, R.A., Power, M. (2025) Marine primary productivity and life-history trait variation in anadromous Nunavik Arctic charr. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 108:1325–1348.
Bitarafan, Z., Kaczmarek-Derda, W., Moral, R.A., Rivier, P., Berge, T.W., Andreasen, C. (2025) Steaming and composting eliminate barnyardgrass (Echinochloa crus-galli) seeds in infested biowaste substrates. Weed Science, 73(e52), 1–7.
Bitarafan, Z. Mageroy, M.H., Moral, R.A., Salehan, N., Nielsen, K.S., Andreasen, C. (2025) The effect of climate change on glyphosate control of Avena fatua, Brassica napus, and Echinochloa crus-galli. Science of the Total Environment, 983, 179682.
Araripe, P.P., Lara, I.A.R., Palma, G.R., Cahill, N., Moral, R.A. (2025) Diagnostics for categorical response models based on quantile residuals and distance measures. Journal of Applied Statistics, 52(2), 306–328.
Fava, F., Martini-Lösch, D., Peratoner, G., Robatscher, P., Matteazzi, A., Soini, E., Österreicher, A., Volgger, S., Moral, R.A., Scampicchio, M.M., Eisenstecken, D., Venir, E. (2025) Effect of the diet on CPFAs used as markers in milk for the detection of silage in the ration of dairy cows. Foods, 14, 476.
Grégoire, J.C., Bonte, J., Bourke, A., Cocos, D., Fielding, N., Gohli, J., Inward, D., Klapwijk, M., Nikolov, C., Økland, B., Schroeder, M., Spaans, F., Vakula, J., Blake, M., Moral, R.A., Destefanis, M., Griffin, C., Kunca, A., Murchie, A., Ryan, C., Smith, A., Evans, H.F. (2024) Territorial expansion of the European Ips species in the 20th century – a review. Entomologia Generalis, 44(6), 1359–1375.
Palma, G.R., Thornberry, C., Commins, S., Moral, R.A. (2024) Understanding learning from EEG data: Combining machine learning and feature engineering based on hidden Markov models and mixed models. Neuroinformatics, 22, 487–497.
Rakes, M., Morais, M.C., Ribeiro, L.P., Palma, G.R., Moral, R.A., Bernardi, D., Grützmacher, A.D. (2024) Temperature altering effects of synthetic insecticides on the parasitoid wasp Telenomus podisi for the biocontrol of pentatomids in soybean crops. Journal of Crop Health, 76(5), 1027–1038.
Palma, G.R., Mello, R.F., Godoy, W.A.C., Engel, E., Lau, D., Markham, C., Moral, R.A. (2024) Forecasting insect abundance using time series embedding and machine learning. Ecological Informatics, 85, 102934.
Monaghan, C., Moral, R.A., McHugh Power, J. (2024) Procrastination and preventive health-care in the older U.S. population. Preventive Medicine, 190, 108185.
Conceschi, M.R., Iwanicki, N.S., Moral, R.A., D’Alessandro, C.P., Delalibera Jr., I. (2024) Improvement of the entomopathogenic fungus Cordyceps javanica efficacy against Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae) under ultraviolet-B radiation and lower relative air humidity provided by oil formulations. Biocontrol, 69(6), 687–698.
Sercundes, R.K., Molenberghs, G., Verbeke, G., Demétrio, C.G.B., Silva, S.C., Moral, R.A. (2024) A combined overdispersed longitudinal model for nominal data. Statistical Modelling, 24(6), 581–598.
Calvey, B., McHugh-Power, J., Maguire, R., Moral, R.A., Lara, I.A.R., (2024) Do discrepancies between subjective and objective health shift over time in later life? A Markov transition model. Social Science & Medicine, 362, 117441.
Alves, D., Moral, R.A., Jayakumari, D., Dempsey, E., Breslin, C. (2024) Factorial optimisation of CoCuFe-LDH/graphene ternary composites as electrocatalysts for water splitting. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 16(38), 50846-50858.
Rodrigues, G.M., Ortega, E.M.M., Vila, R., Moral, R.A. (2024) A new regression model for the analysis of bimodal censored data: A comparison with random survival forests. Brazilian Journal of Probability and Statistics, 38(3), 347-369.
Bueno, I., Sujimoto, F.R., Moral, R.A., Godoy, W.A.C. (2024) Growth Dynamics of Symbiotic Fungus and How it is Affected By Proportion of Minor Workers (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Atta). Journal of Insect Behavior, 37, 82–95.
Mainguy, J., Bélanger, M., Valiquette, E., Bernatchez, S., L’Italien, L., Millar, R., Moral, R. A. (2024) Estimating fish mortality rates from catch curves: A plea for the abandonment of Ricker (1975)’s linear regression method. Journal of Fish Biology, 104, 4–10.
Mainguy, J., Bélanger, M., Ouellet-Cauchon, G., Moral, R. A. (2024) Monitoring reproduction in fish: assessing the adequacy of ogives and the predicted uncertainty of their L50 estimates for more reliable biological inferences. Fisheries Research, 269, 106863.
Commins, S., Coutrot, A., Hornberger, M., Spiers, H.J., Moral, R.A. (2024) Examining individual learning patterns using generalized linear mixed models. Behavior Research Methods, 56, 4930–4945.
Lesser, L., Patterson, S. Moral, R.A., Solis, J. (2024) A Sing-ular Aid: Using Song to Help Teach Solution Set Cases for Systems of Linear Equations. Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies, 34(6), 653–667.
McGrane-Corrigan, B., Mason, O., Moral, R.A. (2024) Inferring Stochastic Group Interactions within Structured Populations via Coupled Autoregression. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 584, 111793.
Iwanicki, N.S., Castro, T.R., Eilenberg, J., Meyling, N.V., Moral, R.A., Demétrio, C.G.B., Delalibera Jr., I. (2024) Community composition of the entomopathogenic fungal genus Metarhizium in soils of tropical and temperate conventional and organic strawberry fields. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 204, 108079.
Deodoro, S.C., Moral, R.A., Fealy, R., McCarthy, T., Fealy, R. (2024) Using the surface scattering mechanism from dual-pol SAR data to predict topsoil particle-size fractions. Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 128, 103742.
Coelho Jr, A., Paula, P.H, Moral, R.A., Parra, J.R.P. (2023) Isofemale line as an alternative to maintain quality of Telenomus remus Nixon, 1937 as a biological control agent for Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith, 1792). Biological Control, 187, 105397.
Palma, G.R., Godoy, W.A.C., Engel, R., Lau, D., Galvan, E., Mason, O., Markham, C., Moral, R.A. (2023) Pattern-Based Prediction of Population Outbreaks. Ecological Informatics, 77, 102220.
Hatteland, B.A., Moral, R.A., Jaastad, G., Myren, G., Bjotevit, E., Sekse, I.L., Westrum, K., Trandem, N. (2023) Pesticide use, arthropod fauna and fruit damage in apple orchards in a Nordic climate. Pest Management Science, 79(12), 5292–5303.
Deodoro, S.C., Moral, R.A., Fealy, R., McCarthy, T., Fealy, R. (2023) An assessment of Sentinel 1 SAR, geophysical and topographical covariates for estimating topsoil particle size fractions. European Journal of Soil Science, 74(5), e13414.
Vishwakarma, R., Byrne, L., Connolly, J., Moral, R.A., Brophy, C. (2023) Estimation of the non-linear parameter in Generalised Diversity-Interactions models is unaffected by change in structure of the interaction terms. Environmental and Ecological Statistics, 30, 555-574.
Coelho Jr, A., Vieira, J.M., Rugman-Jones, P.F., Silva, R.B.Q., Zucchi, R.A., Moral, R.A., Parra, J.R.P., Stouthamer, R. (2023) Reproductive compatibility among sympatric and allopatric isofemale lines of Trichogramma pretiosum Riley, 1879 Bulletin of Entomological Research, 113(4), 508–515.
Moral, R.A., Connolly, J., Vishwakarma, R., Byrne, L., Hurley, C., Finn, J., Brophy, C. (2023) Going beyond richness: Modelling the BEF relationship using species identity, evenness, richness and species interactions via the DImodels R package. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 14(9):2250-2258.
Sarti, D.A., Prado, E.B., Inglis, A., dos Santos, A.A.L., Hurley, C.B., Moral, R.A., Parnell, A.C. (2023) Bayesian Additive Regression Trees for Genotype by Environment Interaction Models - AMBARTI. Annals of Applied Statistics, 17(3):1936-1957.
Azevedo, K.E.X., Magalhães, D.M., Moral, R.A., Bento, J.M.S. (2023) Weathering the hunt: the role of barometric pressure in predator insects’ foraging behaviour. Ecology and Evolution, 13(8), e10416.
Urbanus, J., Cosgrove, J., Beltman, J., Elhanati, Y., Moral, R.A., Conrad, C., van Heijst, J.W., Tubeuf, E., Velds, A., Kok, L., Merle, C., Magnusson, J.P., Frisén, J., Fre, S., Walczak, A.M., Mora, T., Jacobs, H., Schumacher, T., Perié, L. (2023) DRAG in situ barcoding reveals an increased number of HSPCs contributing to myelopoiesis with age. Nature Communications, 14:2184. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.12.06.519273v1
McDonnell, J., McKenna, T., Yurkonis, K.A., Hennessy, D., Moral, R.A., Brophy, C. (2023) A Mixed Model for Assessing the Effect of Numerous Plant Species Interactions on Grassland Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function Relationships. Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics, 28, p. 1–19.
Calvey, B., Maguire, R., Moral, R.A., McHugh-Power, J. (2023) Health Asymmetry as a Predictor of Depressive Symptomatology Over Time Among Older European Adults: a growth curve analysis. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 166, 111158.
Silva, I.B., McGrane-Corrigan, B., Mason, O., Moral, R.A., Godoy, W.A.C. (2023) Plant-host shift, spatial persistence, and the viability of an invasive insect population. Ecological Modelling, 475, 110172.
Oliveira, J.S., Reigada, C., Diniz, A.J.F., Lara, I.A.R., Moral, R.A., Parra, J.R.P. (2022) Can parasitism by Tamarixia radiata (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) affect the movement and oviposition behavior of Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Psyllidae)? Journal of Insect Behavior, 35, p. 183–194.
Gheler-Costa, C., Sabino-Santos, G., Rosalino, L.M., Amorim, L.S., Maia, F.G.M., Moral, R.A., Ferreira, I.E.P., Figueiredo, L.T.M., Piña, C., Verdade, L.M. (2022) The influence of sugarcane pre-harvest fire on hantavirus prevalence in Neotropical small mammals. Ecosphere, 13(9), e4241.
Bon, V.J., Moral, R.A., Reigada, C. (2022) Influence of intra- and inter-specific competition between egg parasitoids on the effectiveness of biological control of Euschistus heros (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Biological Control, 170, 104903.
Moral, R.A., Diaz-Orueta, U., Oltra-Cucarella, J. (2022) Logistic versus linear regression-based Reliable Change Index: implications for clinical studies with diverse sample sizes. Psychological Assessment, 34(8), 731–741.
Mimnagh, N., Parnell, A.C., Prado, E.B., Moral, R.A. (2022) Bayesian multi-species N-mixture models for unmarked animal communities. Environmental and Ecological Statistics, 29, 755–778.
Moral, R.A., Chen, Z., Zhang, S., McClean, S., Palma, G.R., Allan, B., Kegel, I. (2022) Profiling Television Watching Behaviour Using Bayesian Hierarchical Joint Models for Time-to-Event and Count Data. IEEE Access, 10, p. 113018–113027.
Cucak, M., Harteveld, D.O.C., DeVetter, L.W., Peever, T.L., Moral, R.A., Mattupalli, C. (2022) Development of a Decision Support System for the Management of Mummy Berry Disease in Northwestern Washington. Plants, 11, 2043.
Silva, D.M., Delalibera Jr, I., Souza, V.H.M., Moral, R.A., Mascarin, G.M. (2022) Production of Purpureocillium lilacinum and Pochonia chlamydosporia by Submerged Liquid Fermentation and Bioactivity against Tetranychus urticae and Heterodera glycines through Seed Inoculation. Journal of Fungi, 8, 511.
Parra, J.R.P., Coelho, A., Cuervo-Rugno, J.B., Garcia, A.G., Moral, R.A., Specht, A., Neto, D.D. (2022) Important pest species of the Spodoptera complex: Biology, thermal requirements and ecological zoning. Journal of Pest Science, 95(1), 169–186.
Kruszynski, C., Moral, R.A., Millan, C., Diniz-Reis, T., Mello, M.A.R., Camargo, P.B. (2022) Diet composition of bats in a human-modified tropical landscape. Acta Chiropterologica, 23(2), p. 395–404.
Haslett, J., Parnell, A.C., Hinde, J., Moral, R.A. (2022) Modelling excess zeros in count data: A new perspective on modelling approaches. International Statistical Review, 90(2), p. 216–236.
Mainguy, J., Moral, R.A. (2021) An improved method for the estimation and comparison of mortality rates in fish from catch-curve data. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 41, p. 1436–1453.
Duarte, M.M., Moral, R.A., Guillemot, J., Zuim, C.I.F., Potvin, C., Bonat, W.H., Stape, J.L., Brancalion, P.H.S. (2021) High tree diversity enhances light interception in tropical forests. Journal of Ecology, 29(7), p. 2597–2611.
Oliveira, T.P., Moral, R.A. (2021) Global short-term forecasting of COVID-19 cases. Scientific Reports, 11, 7555.
Cucak, M., Moral, R.A., Fealy, R., Lambkin, K., Kildea, S. (2021) Opportunities for an improved potato late blight management in the Republic of Ireland: Field evaluation of the modified Irish Rules crop disease risk prediction model. Phytopathology, 111(8), 1349–1360.
Rowan, N.J., Moral, R.A. (2021) Disposable face masks and reusable face coverings as non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to prevent transmission of SARS-CoV-2 variants that cause Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Role of new sustainable NPI design innovations and predictive mathematical modelling. Science of the Total Environment, 772, 145530.
Prado, E.B., Moral, R.A., Parnell, A.C. (2021) Bayesian Additive Regression Trees with Model Trees. Statistics and Computing, 31(3), 1–13.
Lara, I.A.R., Moral, R.A., Taconeli, C.A., Reigada, C., Hinde, L. (2020) A generalized transition model for grouped longitudinal categorical data. Biometrical Journal, 62(8), 1837–1858.
Prado, E.B., O’Neill, E., Hernández, B., Parnell, A.C., Moral, R.A. (2020) Contributed discussion to ``Bayesian regression tree models for causal inference: Regularization, confounding, and heterogeneous effects”, by Hahn, P.R., Murray, J.S., Carvalho, C.M., Bayesian Analysis, p. 52–54.
Verdade, L.M., Moral, R.A., Calaboni, A., Amaral, M.V.S.G., Martin, P.S., Amorim, L.S., Gheler-Costa, C., Piña, C.I. (2020) Temporal dynamics of small mammals in Eucalyptus plantations in Southeast Brazil. Global Ecology and Conservation, 24, e01217.
Oliveira, T.P., Moral, R.A., Zocchi, S.S., Demétrio, C.G.B., Hinde, J. (2020) lcc: An R package to estimate the concordance correlation, Pearson correlation and accuracy over time. PeerJ, 8, e9850. (joint first author)
Moral, R.A., Hinde, J., Demétrio, C.G.B. (2020) Bivariate residual plots with simulation polygons. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, 29(1), p. 203–214.
Pollard, C.P., Griffin. C.T., Moral, R.A., Duffy, C., Cuche, J., Gaffney, M.T., Fealy, R.M., Fealy, R. (2020) phenModel: A temperature-dependent phenology/voltinism model for a herbivorous insect incorporating facultative diapause and budburst. Ecological Modelling, 416, 108910.
Canassa, F., Esteca, F.C.N., Moral, R.A., Meyling, N.V., Klingen, I., Delalibera, I. (2020) Root inoculation of strawberry with the entomopathogenic fungi Metarhizium robertsii and Beauveria bassiana reduces incidence of the twospotted spider mite and selected insect pests and plant diseases in the field. Journal of Pest Science, 93(1), p. 261–274.
Hollingsworth, R.G., Aristizábal, L.F., Shriner, S., Mascarin, G.M., Moral, R.A., Arthurs, S.P. (2020) Incorporating Beauveria bassiana into an Integrated Pest Management Plan for Coffee Berry Borer in Hawaii. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, section Crop Biology and Sustainability, 4, 22.
Lara, I.A.R., Taconeli, C.A., Moral, R.A., Hinde, J., Voigt, V., Freitas, S.M. (2020) A longitudinal study of sweet orange flowering with grouped count data. Acta Scientiarum Agronomy, 42, e43734.
Moral, R.A., Hinde, J., Ortega, E.M.M., Demétrio, C.G.B., Godoy, W.A.C. (2020) Location-scale mixed models and goodness-of-fit assessment applied to insect ecology. Journal of Applied Statistics, 47(10), p. 1776–1793.
Cucak, M., Sparks, A., Moral, R.A., Kildea, S., Lambkin, K., Fealy, R. (2019) Evaluation of the ‘Irish Rules’: The Potato Late Blight forecasting model and its operational use in the Republic of Ireland. Agronomy, 9(515), p. 1–24.
Milléo, J., Moral, R.A., Fernandes, F.S., Godoy, W.A.C. (2019) Resposta funcional comparada entre Harmonia axyridis (Pallas), Cycloneda sanguinea (Linnaeus) e Hippodamia convergens Guerin Meneville (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) alimentadas com Brevicoryne brassicae (Linnaeus) (Hemiptera: Aphididae). EntomoBrasilis, 12(2), p. 70–76.
Rabêlo, F.H.S., Moral, R.A., Lavres, J. (2019) Integrating biochemical, morpho-physiological, nutritional, and productive responses to Cd accumulation in Massai grass employed in phytoremediation. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 230, 110.
Iwanicki, N.S., Pereira, A.A., Botelho, A.B.R.Z., Rezende, J.M., Moral, R.A., Zucchi, M.I., Delalibera Jr., I. (2019) Monitoring of the field application of M. anisopliae in Brazil revealed high molecular diversity of Metarhizium spp in insects, soil and sugarcane roots. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 4443.
Canassa, F., Tall, S., Moral, R.A., Lara, I.A.R., Delalibera Jr, I., Meyling, N.V. (2019) Effects of bean seed treatment by the entomopathogenic fungi Metarhizium robertsii and Beauveria bassiana on plant growth, spider mite populations and behavior of predatory mite. Biological Control, 132, p. 199–208.
Fatoretto, M.B., Moral, R.A., Demétrio, C.G.B., Pádua, C.S., Menarin, V., Rojas, V.M.A., D’Alessandro, C.P., Delalibera, I. (2018) Overdispersed fungus germination data: Statistical analysis using R. Biocontrol Science and Technology, 28(11), p. 1034–1053.
Castro, T., Moral, R.A., Demétrio, C.G.B, Delalibera, I., Klingen, I. (2018) Prediction of sporulation and germination by the spider mite pathogenic fungus Neozygites floridana (Neozygitomycetes: Neozygitales: Neozygitaceae) based on temperature, humidity and time. Insects, 9(69), p. 1–12.
Moral, R.A., Hinde, J., Demétrio, C.G.B., Reigada, C., Godoy, W.A.C. (2018) Models for jointly estimating abundances of two unmarked site-associated species subject to imperfect detection. Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics, 23, p. 20–38.
Beloti, V.H., Alves, G.R., Moral, R.A., Demétrio, C.G.B., Yamamoto, P.T. (2018) Acute toxicity of fresh and aged residues of pesticides to the parasitoid Tamarixia radiata and to the HLB-bacteria vector Diaphorina citri. Neotropical Entomology, 47, p. 403–411.
Coelho, A., Milanez, J.M., Moral, R.A., Demétrio, C.G.B., Parra, J.R.P. (2018) Selection of an artificial diet for Laboratory Rearing of Opogona sacchari (Lepidoptera: Tineidae) (Bojer, 1856). Neotropical Entomology, 47, p. 199–204.
Reigada, C., Moral, R.A., Demétrio, C.G.B., Parra, J.R.P. (2018) Cross-crop effects on larval growth, survivorship and fecundity of Helicoverpa armigera. Journal of Pest Science, 91, p. 121–131.
Tomaseto, A.F., Miranda, M.P., Moral, R.A., Lara, I.A.R., Fereres, A., Lopes, J.R.S. (2018) Environmental conditions for Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Liviidae) take-off. Journal of Applied Entomology, 142, p. 104–113.
Alves, G.R., Beloti, V., Faggioni, K.M., Carvalho, S.A., Moral, R.A., Demétrio, C.G.B., Parra, J.R.P., Yamamoto, P.T. (2018) Does the scion or rootstock of Citrus sp. affect the feeding and biology of Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Liviidae)? Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 12, p. 77–84.
Moral, R.A., Hinde, J. and Demétrio, C.G.B. (2017) Half-normal plots and overdispersed models in R: the hnp package. Journal of Statistical Software, 81, issue 10, p. 1–23.
Otto, M.S.G., Francisco, J.G., Gonsalez, B.T., Calvo, L.A., Mattos, E.M., Almeida, M., Moral, R.A., Demétrio, C.G.B., Stape, J.L., Oliveira, R.F. (2017) Changes in \(\gamma\)-aminobutyric acid concentration, gas exchange, and leaf anatomy in Eucalyptus clones under drought stress and rewatering. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 39:208, p. 1–13.
Moral, R.A., Hinde, J., Demétrio, C.G.B., Godoy, W.A.C. and Fernandes, F.S. (2017) Parasitism-mediated prey selectivity in laboratory conditions and implications for biological control. Basic and Applied Ecology, 19, p. 67–75.
Battel, A.P.M.B., Moral, R.A., Rodrigues, C.A., Araújo, M.S. and Godoy, W.A.C. (2017) Reproductive potential of Chrysoperla externa maintained in different cage sizes in laboratory conditions. Ciência Rural, 47, e20160381.
Alexandrino, E.R., Buechley, E.R., Piratelli, A.J., Moral, R.A., Sekercioglu, C.H., Silva, W.R. and Couto, H.T.Z. (2016) Bird sensitivity to disturbance as an indicator of forest patch conditions: An issue in environmental assessments. Ecological Indicators, 66, p. 369–381.
Galindo, L.A., Moral, R.A., Moretti, T.C., Godoy, W.A.C. and Demétrio, C.G.B. (2016) Intraguild predation influences oviposition behavior of blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Parasitology Research, 115, p. 2091–2102.
Conceschi, M.R., D’Alessandro, C.P., Moral, R.A., Demétrio, C.G.B. and Delalibera Jr., I. (2016) Transmission potential of the entomopathogenic fungi Isaria fumosorosea and Beauveria bassiana from sporulated cadavers of Diaphorina citri and Toxoptera citricida to uninfected D. citri adults. BioControl, 61, p. 567–577.
Guarin-Molina, J.H., Mascarin, G.M., Arthurs, S.P., Humber, R.A., Moral, R.A., Demétrio, C.G.B. and Delalibera Jr., I. (2016) Seasonal prevalence of the insect pathogenic fungus Colletotrichum nymphaeae in Brazilian citrus groves under different chemical pesticide regimes. Fungal Ecology, 22, p. 43–51.
Mascarin, G.M., Guarin-Molina, J.H.; Arthurs, S.P., Humber, R.A., Moral, R.A., Demétrio, C.G.B. and Delalibera Jr., I. (2016) Data on morphological features of mycosis induced by Colletotrichum nymphaeae and Lecanicillium longisporum on citrus orthezia scale. Data in Brief, 8, p. 49–51.
Moral, R.A., Azevedo, F.C.C. and Verdade, L.M. (2016) The use of sheepdogs in sheep production in southeastern Brazil. Pastoralism, 6:18, p. 1–7.
Castro, T.R., Mayerhofer, J., Enkerli, J., Eilenberg, J., Meyling, N.V., Moral, R.A., Demétrio, C.G.B. and Delalibera Jr., I (2016) Persistence of Brazilian isolates of the entomopathogenic fungi Metarhizium anisopliae and M. robertsii in strawberry crop soil after soil drench application. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 233, p. 361–369.
Castro, T.R., Roggia, S., Wekesa, W.W., Moral, R.A., Demétrio, C.G.B., Delalibera Jr., I. and Klingen, I. (2016) The effect of synthetic pesticides and sulfur used in conventional and organically grown strawberry and soybean on Neozygites floridana a natural enemy of spider mites. Pest Management Science, 72, p. 1752–1757.
Piai, D.B., Barbeiro, A., Yonezawa, G.N., Quagliato Jr., R., Claro Neto, S., Chierice, G.O., Moral, R.A. and Demétrio, C.G.B. (2016) Phosphoethanolamine and omega-3 in patients with asthma. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, 9, p. 18543–18548.
Beloti, V.H., Alves, G.R., Araújo, D.F.D., Picoli, M.M., Moral, R.A., Demétrio, C.G.B. and Yamamoto, P.T. (2015) Lethal and sublethal effects of insecticides used on citrus, on the ectoparasitoid Tamarixia radiata. Plos One, 10, e0132128.
Macedo, F.C.O., Dziubinska, H., Trebacz, K., Oliveira, R.F. and Moral, R.A. (2015) Action potentials in abscisic acid-deficient tomato mutant generated spontaneously and evoked by electrical stimulation. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 37:207, p. 1–9.
Conagin, A., Barbin, D., Demétrio, C.G.B. and Moral, R.A. (2015) Analysing (1/125)5^2 fractional factorial designs and some considerations. Revista Brasileira de Biometria, 33, p. 471–483.
Rodrigues, C.A.; Battel, A.P.M.B., Martinelli, N.M. Moral, R.A., Sercundes, R.K. and Godoy, W.A.C. (2014) Dynamics and predation efficiency of Chrysoperla externa (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) on Enneothrips flavens (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). The Florida Entomologist, 97, p. 653–658.
Moretti, T.C., Coutinho, R.M., Moral, R.A., Ferreira, C.P. and Godoy, W.A.C. (2013) Quantitative and qualitative dynamics of exotic and native blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) with migrations among municipalities. Community Ecology, 14, p. 249–257.
Ribeiro, L.P., Vendramin, J.S., Bicalho, K.U., Andrade, M.S., Fernandes, J.B., Moral, R.A., and Demétrio, C.G.B. (2013) Annona mucosa Jacq. (Annonaceae): A promising source of bioactive compounds against Sitophilus zeamais Mots. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Stored Products Research, 55, p. 6–14.
Castro, T.R., Wekesa, V.W., Moral, R.A., Demétrio, C.G.B. and Delalibera Jr., I. (2013) The effects of photoperiod and light intensity on the sporulation of Brazilian and Norwegian isolates of Neozygites floridana. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 114, p. 230–233.
Battel, A.P.M.B., Moral, R.A. and Godoy, W.A.C. (2012) Modelos matemáticos predador-presa e aplicações ao manejo integrado de pragas. Oecologia Australis, 16, p. 43–62.
Ferreira, I.E.P., Moral, R.A., Ferreira, C.P. and Godoy, W.A.C. (2012) Modelling fungus dispersal scenarios using cellular automata. Ecological Informatics, 14, p. 53–58.